Probably I am not the first one having this question, but I could not find out if there are already threads dealing with this issue.

I recently installed the Gentoo base system following the documentation and I used genkernel (genkernel all). Since I would like to install LXDE I need to install xorg first. In the xorg documentation is said that kernel preparations have to be done before the install (enable evdev, disable KMS etc.).

So my question is if genkernel is already prepared for xorg or do I have to recompile it manually.

And by the way: Is it recommended to install nvidia drivers first or can I do it afterwards?

genkernel works blindly by setting up the kernel from a script, so everyone gets the same thing from genkernel all, regardless of their hardware.

I would expect genkernel to set up the kernel for evdev, as that works everywhere these days. However, video drivers are more complex.
There is no single set of settings that works for all hardware and all Xorg video drivers.
In general, where there is a choice to be made by the user, genkernel does nothing. Thats in line with the rest of Gentoo, where you get only what you ask for and whet you must have to support the packages you have asked for. The converse is also true - in that if you have not yet installed it, you probably don't have it._________________Regards,

NeddySeagoon

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